Planning Permission Ireland
GrantedInfrastructureDecided 16 December 2020

Kilbreckan, Doora, Ennis

Development of a motorway service area and rest area adjacent to Junction 12 of the M18.

20781 · Clare County Council · Lodged 23 October 2020

Reference
20781
Authority
Clare County Council
Register status
Decided
Type
PERMISSION
Received
23 October 2020

Summary

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Permission is sought to develop a motorway service area including a service station building, convenience shop, food court, fuel facilities, and parking. The extensive works also include 16 electric car charging points, solar panels, a wastewater treatment plant, and roundabout upgrades.

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Development description

To develop a motorway service area and rest area adjacent to junction 12 of the m18 motorway, which will include service station building with convenience shop, food court, staff facilities, canopy, fuel facilities, parking and circulation space, children's play area, picnic area and access provision. The development also includes infrastructural works public lighting, signage, landscaping, internal fencing, electrical substation, sixteen electric car charging points, roof mounted solar panels, storm water runoff, petrol interceptors and attenuation system, on-site wastewater treatment plant including access road, pumping station and connection to public foul sewer, drainage improvement works, underground fuel storage tanks, rain water harvesting system, connection to public water supply, underground storage tanks for fire-fighting purposes, underground rain water harvesting tanks, works to improve visibility at access point, upgrade to adjacent roundabout and ancillary works. The connection to the public sewerage system will be by means of a rising main to an existing public sewer. The rising main sewer will cross under the m18 motorway by directional drilling and thereafter underground via existing road margins/public road and under river fergus and railway line through the townlands of kilbreckan, killow, skehanagh, clareabbey and ballybeg. The inert soil from the directional drilling will be used in landscaping works on the site of the service station building. A natura impact statement (nis) will be submitted to the planning authority with the application

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

UtilitiesTU
“It is intended that land zoned ‘utilities’ and ‘infrastructure safeguard’ will be reserved for the existing and future prov. of key infrastructural services and the upgrading of existing services and infrastructure relating to road, rail, air etc”

Objective set by the Ennis and Environs (2023–2029). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.

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Key dates

Timeline

  1. Application received23 October 2020
  2. Decision due17 December 2020
  3. Decision issued16 December 2020
  4. Grant issued1 November 2022
  5. Appeal submitted20 January 2021
  6. Appeal decided21 October 2022
  7. Permission expiry31 October 2027

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